Everything posted by oldestswinger
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Thailand Launches Seven-Day New Year Road Safety Crackdown
When will Thai government officials learn the definition of insanity?
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British Man Foils Gold Necklace Snatch in Bangkok Street
I've never seen 1 gold bath let alone 2.
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Trump Says He Solved 8 Wars, Turns Focus to Thai-Cambodia Row
On the contrary, it's brilliant thinking on his part. The more wars he starts, the more he can solve and therefore they will have to give him the Nobel Peace Prize eventually.
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Enhanced Thai Immigration Measures Rolled Out for Festive Travel
Why do Thais love these stupid, staged at-attention photos?
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Police Launches Nationwide ‘Operation Bad Guys Out’ Crackdown
Police Launches Nationwide 'Operation Bad Guys Out' Crackdown. I hope they are not taking the headline seriously; if they do, there will be no police left to carry it out.
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British Man Arrested For Illegal Birdwatching Tours
Also dabchicks.
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Foreign Tourist's Public Urination Caught on CCTV
Yeah, but she's a woman.
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Chon Buri Teens Apologise After Viral Buffalo Statue Dance
This is actually a great advert for Chonburi. It should be a permanent feature with regular dancing competitions. The girl in the striped shirt surely wins this one.
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Thai Resident Urges Action on Foreign Graffiti in Phuket
I think that the problem here is that graffiti must be an occupation reserved for Thais.
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Do we really need the UK Royals?
The question really should ask whether the UK needs its royals. Clearly, no country needs royals but equally they don't need presidents like Trump, Putin and countless others.
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Greater Bangkok Faces Increased Flood Risks as Waters Rise
A lot of money has been spent on the issue of flooding, but nobody knows where the money ended up. Either down the drain or, more likely, in someone's pocket.
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Frenchman Loses 18M Baht in Bangkok Law Firm Takeover Scam
Of course he turned up with a lawyer. There's an old saying in the legal world that a lawyer who acts for himself has a fool as a client.
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Phuket Theft: Man Seeks Help to Identify Foreign Suspect
It's Johnny Farang.
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Dirty Cops Out: Thai Police Enforce Immediate Suspensions
This will only last a week.
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Police Officer Investigated for Extorting Tourist in Chiang Mai
That is a very naive suggestion.
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Anutin Charnvirakul has been elected as Thailand's 32nd PM
How long before someone files a lawsuit in the courts saying that he should be disqualified for having recklessly promoted the legalisation of marijuana?
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Drunken Foreigner Detained Looking for a Fight in Jomtien
Stupid behaviour by a drunk. On another point, he was driven away on the rear of a police pick-up. I always understood that it's illegal to drive a pick-up while transporting people on the rear deck. Do the police arrest themselves when they do this?
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Thailand Overhauls Hotel Laws to Modernise Tourism
If hotels still have to report a foreigner's presence, it means that Thailand is still a police state.
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Landlords Fined for Failing to Report Foreign Tenants
Because Thailand is basically a police state.
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Car Race Ends in 10-Vehicle Crash on Expressway
It's where the expressway changes from 3 lanes to 2.
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Bangkok Police Launch Anti-Drug Operation: Three American Nationals Arrested at Nightclubs
Serve them right for going to a place called The Pimp.
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TM30 Required Still ?
Wry, Liquorice.
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Is Bangkok Post website down?
Yes, I'm having the same problem.
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Mysterious Object Falls from Sky, Crashes Through Roof
Cylandrical, not spherical.
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Nightmare in Phuket: British Family's Pricey Villa Scam Uncovered
I'm sure this story was on the website months ago.